off-grid

WA bushfire victims taken off-grid – by network

Four landowners in the bushfire affected WA town of Esperance have taken up an offer from Horizon Power to go…

March 10, 2016

What's driving regional West Australians off the grid? A solar installer's view

WA solar installer says increasing consumer concern about future risk – both in terms of what power bills will look…

March 9, 2016

200 reasons why people choose "Life Off Grid" – and why most of us shouldn't

Canadian documentary "Life Off Grid" asks more than 200 people why they decided to quit the grid. We talked to…

March 9, 2016

Redflow’s Hackett: Why batteries will not cause mass defection from grid

While cutting the power cord sounds good in theory, in practice consumers gain many more advantages from staying connected to…

February 15, 2016

How quitting the grid – in an energy efficient home – will save you

Australians can now build a house using the latest modern building materials, methods, products, technology and ideas that will not…

January 27, 2016

Qld farmer quits 'crippling' cost of Ergon grid for solar – for price of a tractor

A Bundaberg cane growing family is building a ground-mounted solar system that will take its 80 hectare farm completely off…

December 15, 2015

Homes of the future could use only 10% grid power: Synergy

WA network operator Synergy sees a future where new-build homes source only 10% of their energy from the grid. But…

December 8, 2015

Battery storage: What’s on offer, and by whom? (updated)

Amid predictions that half of all Australian households will have solar and battery storage within the decade, it's time to…

December 2, 2015

Three common mistakes when assessing going off grid

Here are the three common mistakes we see when assessing the potential of solar and storage. Read them, critique them,…

November 25, 2015

Award-winning off-grid solar+battery storage home… for less than $300,000

An off-grid modular home in Trentham, Victoria, designed and built for less than $300k, has won a top energy efficiency…

November 18, 2015